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Ingredients
- 1 pound whole wheat or multi grain penne
- 3 garlic cloves
- 2 ounces goat cheese
- 1 ounce reduced fat cream cheese
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 6 ounces fresh baby spinach leaves
- 2 tablespoons freshly grated Parmesan
Directions
Bring a large pot of salted water to boil. Add the penne and cook until it is tender but still firm to the bite, stirring occasionally, about 12 minutes.
Mince the garlic in a food processor. Add the goat cheese, cream cheese, 3/4 teaspoon of salt, 1/2 teaspoon of pepper, and half of the spinach leaves. Blend until the mixture is smooth and creamy. Set the cheese and spinach mixture aside.
Meanwhile, place the remaining spinach leaves in a large bowl.
Drain the pasta, reserving 1 cup of the cooking liquid. Spoon the pasta atop the spinach leaves in the bowl. Scrape the cheese and spinach mixture over the pasta mixture and toss to coat, adding enough reserved cooking liquid to moisten. Season the pasta, to taste, with salt and pepper. Sprinkle the Parmesan over and serve.
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By Michigan Foodie
Oxford, MI
on January 29, 2012
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Loved this! I made it as a side dish for Giada's Roman Style Chicken and it was an excellent pairing. I made two slight adjustments: used slightly less garlic and didn't use the whole spinach leaves (I chopped it all up in the food processor.
By lululove711
Alberta
on January 23, 2012
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Great weeknight meal! Instead of mincing the garlic in the food processor, I first smashed the garlic and sauteed it in a little olive oil then added it into the mix in the food processor. Turned out great! I also added toasted walnuts at the end. Seems like this pasta recipe could have lots of additions like others have said- sun dried tomatoes, mushrooms, olives- very versatile!
By cmcpegg_9052061
king of prussia, PA
on January 18, 2012
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I loved this. I skipped the garlic, didn't have any fresh but added calamati olives and grape tomatoes. It was not only delish but beautiful. Can't wait to make again.
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